Haiti earthquake: Donating is as easy as texting

Only yesterday it was that in my office I had a long conversation about Haiti with a student .... all because he used to serve in the US Coast Guard, and one of his toughest assignments was to escort back people trying to sneak in to the US, and this included Haitians.  An awfully poor country, he described.  This was during the violent and chaotic times with all the Aristide confusion ....
So, reading about the earthquake today makes that place very much real, with only one degree of separation .... As if they did not have enough problems on their hands ....

Want a real simple way to donate?

You can text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to American Red Cross relief for Haiti.

Or, the more conventional route: The American Red Cross is accepting donations through our International Response Fund.